He said such discussions must rather aim at better and genuine reforms that would make the system much more transparent, free and fair to sustain democracy in the country.

 

Adding his voice to the call for more scrutiny of the voters register, Mr Adams said that the NDC was not against reforms within the electoral system but cautioned that “the NDC will not support any sweeping statements such as going for a new voters register without any basis or merit.”

 

In an interview with the Daily Graphic on Monday, Mr Adams said it was the belief of the NDC to shift to a less expensive but effective way of capturing data of potential voters.

 

He, therefore, expressed surprise that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was now calling for a new voters register “since it never in its memorandum to the EC asked for such a new register.”

 

Mr Adams asked the NPP to come out with stronger reasons for a new register than they were now doing, saying when that was done “be that as it may, their call will be debated and considered purely on its merit.”

 

On the need for electoral reforms, Mr Adams called for a non-partisan and dispassionate debate for a consensus to be reached on the reforms and reduce mistrust which had thrived on falsehood.

 

He said mistrust had affected the Ghanaian body politic to the extent that many people did not check their facts or information before they reacted.

 

He reminded Ghanaians about how technology had made it easier to peddle falsehood and undermine truth, and therefore admonished the people to engage in more dialogue to build confidence in the political system.

 

Mr Adams also urged the people to submit themselves to due processes that they had all agreed on and save the country from dissipating valuable resources. He said so far the EC had been performing to expectation except its inability to organise the district level elections.

 

Mr Adams said as far as the NDC was concerned, the Electoral Commission (EC), political parties and civil society organisations were working closely to clean the register and for that reason the clamour by some political parties and a section of civil society organisations for the compilation of a new register was uncalled for.

 

“It comes with a cost and we will only consider such a request when there is a very compelling and strong need,” he told the Daily Graphic.